Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Lyondell Chemical Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$935M
Total assets Above avg plan size
8,606
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$108,604
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lyondellbasell Pension Plan · Sponsored by Lyondell Chemical Company · Texas · Manufacturing

$935M in assets, 8,606 participants

Lyondell Chemical Company's Lyondellbasell Pension Plan reported $935M in total assets and 8,606 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #17,282 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan covers 8,606 participants in Texas, 13x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $935M.

#17,282
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-4.1%
assets change YoY
9.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $40M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$934,648,134 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Lyondellbasell Pension Plan lands in the large band (8,606 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Lyondellbasell Pension Plan reported net income fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$40M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Lyondellbasell Pension Plan reported participants rose from 8,160 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,606 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Lyondellbasell Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $975M in the plan year 2023 filing to $935M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 954160558 · Lyondell Chemical Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan · $935M · 8,606 · 98th

  • VS-ST $935M
  • BOY 8,606
  • SCH 98th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near The Campbell's Company Retirement and Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #17282

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Retirement Plan of Tennessee Farmers Mutual InsuraRetirement Plan of Tennessee…$944MLyondellbasell Pension Plan$935MThe Campbell's Company Retirement and Pension PlanThe Campbell's Company Retir…$931MMeba Pension Trust-Defined Benefit PlanMeba Pension Trust-Defined B…$928MSouthern California United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Drug Employers Pension FundSouthern California United F…$928M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Lyondellbasell Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$975M
Net Assets (End of Year)$934M
Net Income-$40M
Employer EIN954160558
Plan Effective Date1987-04-29
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Lyondell Chemical Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lyondell Chemical Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.6B 22.06711677877157% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.8B$3B$3.2B$3.4B$3.6B$3.8B 202220232024 $2.95B $3.61B ▲ +22.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,729 $3.0B
2023 2 15,875 $3.4B
2024 2 16,665 $3.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Lyondellbasell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.934648134 · Participants: 8606Lyondellbasell Pension PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.265893 · Participants: 100400AT&T Pension Benefit PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.095 · Participants: 22000Exxonmobil Pension PlanChevron Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.731784707 · Participants: 21297Chevron Retirement PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.694184685 · Participants: 12688Shell Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.1940497 · Participants: 11498Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Lyondellbasell Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Lyondellbasell Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Lyondellbasell Pension Plan

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan reports $935M in end-of-year assets across 8,606 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $108,604 per participant (79% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$40M.

This plan identity (EIN 954160558, plan #012) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $948M to $935M (-1.4%) while covered participants moved from 7,965 to 8,606 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,965 $948M Open filing
2023 8,160 $975M Open filing
2024 · index core 8,606 $935M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Lyondellbasell Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Campbell's Company Retirement and Pension Plan in NJ ($931M); by covered participants it is Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vic in NJ (8,608 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,606 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Lyondellbasell Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Lyondellbasell Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 4.1% during 2024, from $975M to $935M. Reported net income was -$40M.
How have Lyondell Chemical Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Lyondell Chemical Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.1%, from $3.0B to $3.6B.
Where does Lyondellbasell Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Lyondellbasell Pension Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Lyondellbasell Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Campbell's Company Retirement and Pension Plan in NJ ($931M, 1,760 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Lyondellbasell Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vic in NJ (8,608 participants, $2.7B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 954160558.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.